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This has been mentioned by the club and by several on here over recent weeks. He apparently gets extremely nervous before games. Some great sports people have been like that so it's not unusual.Could it also not be that Gardner is a confidence player? Complain as much as you want about Bevo's selection decisions (I have as well), but he's not selecting him for no reason at all, he must have shown something in training and match sim. I get the sense he's had trouble showing this in games because of a lack of confidence and this is Bevo, with the interpersonal skills he has, pumping up his tyres and showing faith in him to get the best out of him. He's been improving.
The best cure for the nerves and lack of confidence is to get a run of games and show some form. One goes with the other. After a while you start to believe in yourself and back your judgement. Gia was reported as saying his judgement of the aerial ball was very good in scratch matches. From his first few matches you wouldn't have believed that but I think it's starting to show as he settles in.